SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS INC. et al. v. MCMAHON et al. (1987)

SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS INC. et al. v. MCMAHON et al.
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: March 3, 1987
	Decided: June 8, 1987
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS INC. et al. v. MCMAHON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1987.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Arbitration (other than as pertains to labor-management or employer-employee relations (cf. union arbitration)
Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Investor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 482 U.S. 220
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.